Past Showcase Programmes

Each year, TAIS' Animation Showcase features the best local, national and international independent animation talent. This annual Showcase programme aims to highlight the unlimited possibilities of animation filmmaking.

2017 TAIS Animation Showcase

TAIS is thrilled to present a summer night of animated dreams: two 60 minute programmes of short animated films, the results of the 2017 Anijam competition, and a new interactive work in VR by artist Zeesy Powers. Poster art by Patrick Kyle.

The TAIS Anjiam competition took the theme BIG EYES Sharp Teeth and twenty micro animations were submitted. These 10-second animations bite off more than they can chew, and hold you in a piercing glare and won’t let you look away.

2017 Winners

WINNER – JURY AWARD – GRAND PRIZE

Hi, It’s Your Mother (Daniel Sterlin-Altman, Toronto, Canada, 2016)

HONOURABLE MENTIONS – JURY AWARD – GRAND PRIZE

Jenny in the Self-Checkout Line (Nick Fox-Gieg, Toronto, Canada, 2017)

Nutag-Homeland (Alisi Telengut, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2016)

WINNER – AUDIENCE AWARD – BEST SHORT FILM

DEATH VAN (Michael Enzbrunner, Toronto, Canada, 2017)

HONOURABLE MENTION – AUDIENCE AWARD – BEST SHORT

Cococo (Julian Gallese, Costa Rica, 2017)

WINNER – JURY AWARD – BEST ANIJAM

BLINK BLINK (Amanda Low, Toronto, Canada, 2017)

HONOURABLE MENTIONS – JURY AWARD – BEST ANIJAM

B.E.S.T. (Nik Dudukovic, Toronto, Canada, 2017)

tfw you scare yourself (Jasmeet Sidhu, Toronto, Canada, 2017)

WINNER – AUDIENCE AWARD – BEST ANIJAM

B.E.S.T. (Nik Dudukovic, Toronto, Canada, 2017)

HONOURABLE MENTION – AUDIENCE AWARD – BEST ANIJAM

The Tooth Fairy(Jennifer Linton, Toronto, Canada, 2017)

2016 TAIS Animation Showcase

Screening the best in independent Canadian and international animated short films, the results of the 2016 Anijam competition, and a new work in VR by artist Michael Enzbrunner. Poster art by Steven Chmilar.

The TAIS Anjiam competition took the theme Disaster! Fourteen micro animations were submitted, created by animators who have been given no guidelines beyond the theme and time cap, come prepared for anything.

The audience and a jury consisting of media artists Philippe Blanchard and Susan Justin voted on the films for four awards, with prizes from PIX Film, Trattoria Mercatto, Silver Snail Comics, Spectacular Optical and a grand prize of a full year-long dual-membership to TIFF Bell Lightbox.

The Anjiam section of the TAIS Showcase was a wild, explosive, mind-altering collection of 10-second animated shorts created by animators with no guidelines beyond this year’s theme of “Psychedelic.”